Calendar Updates

Open and print both documents posted in the box on Week 14 labeled "This Week's Documents." Review the Mock Job Post and write a list of your qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities) for the job. Also complete and print the Mock Job Questionnaire. Bring both--your list of qualifications and the completed questionnaire--to class on 4/27.

Remember: It's your last chance to earn extra credit by attending an MLA workshop this week. Workshops are on 4/21 and 4/26. See "Extra Credit Opportunity" box on Week 14 for more info.

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For Wed., 4/20

READ

Cassell & Hiremath, Chap. 18

Jennerich's "Handling Complaints" (linked on Week 13)

DUE

Print the Guided Reading questions (linked on Week 13) and note your answers to them as you finish this week's assigned reading -- Chapter 18 in the Casell & Hiremath textbook. Be prepared to share your answers in class on 4/20.

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For Wed., 4/13

Course Project--Reflective Report due on 4/13.
NO WORK ACCEPTED BY E-MAIL OR LATE.

Extra credit opportunity: Attend one MLA workshop and submit yellow completion form to Sheldon. One on 4/7, one on 4/12. Click here for more info.

Special Populations Exercise (linked on Week 11), completed using your choice of one of the seven populations covered in Jacobson & Sutton's chapter:

Non-English speakers

Illiterate/Low-literacy adults

Physically disabled (visually-, hearing-, or mobility-impaired)

Developmentally disabled

Children

Young Adults

Elderly

Work on Course Project [Due 4/13]:

Draft your answer to the Secret Researcher Question (no more than one page). Include in-text citations to the source/s for your answers.

Create a draft list of Works Cited in which you provide the full citation information for the sources you refered to in locating your answer. Also include on your Works Cited list a citation for the RUSA Guidelines web page, with everything formatted in correct MLA format.

Bring the draft of your Answer and your Works Cited list to class on 4/6

Extra credit opportunity: Attend an MLA Format Workshop - first one scheduled on Thur., 4/7. See box in Week 11for more information.

Finish worksheet AFTER completing both of the above. Staple to completed worksheet the transcript for your QuestionPoint (Librarian chat) interview.

Work on Course Project [Due 4/13]. Begin to write the answer to your Secret Researcher Question, using in-text citations and a list of the resources where you found the answer(s)--your draft "Works Cited" page--formatted properly according to MLA citation rules. Bring the written answer and your list of Works Cited to class on 4/6.

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For Wed., 3/23

Secret Researcher Project - Form for third library visit due 3/23. Remember: In the final write-up for this project, you must provide an answer to your question and cite one or two sources regarding where you found the answer/s--including the source's title, author, and page number. So do your best to locate answers!

Presentations on Library Visit #3 by the following students. Please email to Sheldon slides/links before 3pm on Wed., 3/23.

Antonio

Diana

Emmanuel

JB

Joe

Linh

Katie

Karla

Rory

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No class on Wed., 3/9! Enjoy Spring Break!

For Wed., 3/16

Complete Scavenger Hunt, Part 3.

Similar to last week's homework: Familiarize yourself with the new reference source assigned to you, and post to Canvas Assignment page your two suggested Scavenger Hunt Questions before Tue., 3/15, at 10pm. Bring to class on 3/16 the resource you were assigned to work with!

Continue Course Project: Completed form for third library visit due on 3/23.

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For Wed., 3/2

Complete Reference Scavenger Hunt, Part 2.

Follow instructions on individual handout, and post to Canvas Assignment page your two suggested Scavenger Hunt Questions before Tue., 3/1, at 10pm. Bring to next week's class the resource you were assigned to work with!

Review for Midterm Exam on 3/2.

Questions? Concerns? Want to hang out? Visit Sheldon during her office hours, next Mon., 2/29, from 2-4pm in LB313.

Finish one column of the Evaluating the Quality of Information worksheet (linked on Week 2), reviewing the website assigned to you by Sheldon (also linked on Week 2).

Boolean Logic Exercise (on Week 2).

Your question for the Secret Researcher Project, emailed to Sheldon before 9pm on Fri., 1/22, then approved by Sheldon before 3pm on 1/27. After you email your question to Sheldon, watch for her response; it may take a bit of correspondence before you receive the email that says "Question approved!"Print the email from Sheldon that says "QUESTION APPROVED" and bring it to class on 1/27.

AFTER you get "Question approved" email from Sheldon, then begin Course Project: Visit one library and complete project form, due on 2/3/16. Pose the question using the exact wording that gets approved.

Print the Guided Reading questions (linked on Week 1) and note your answers to them as you finish this week's assigned reading - Chapter 2 in the Casell & Hiremath textbook. Be prepared to share your answers in class on 1/20.

Print RUSA's Guidelines (link above) and highlight or star what you believe to be the 5 most important behaviors for a successful reference interchange. Be prepared to share your choices and your reasoning in class on 1/20.

Consider the question you'd like to work with for the Secret Researcher Project (guidelines and sample questions at left). You must e-mail Sheldon your proposed question for approval before 9pm on 1/22.